Dashiell Hammett

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title: Dashiell Hammett
text: Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade, Nick and Nora Charles, The Continental Op and the comic strip character Secret Agent X-9. Hammett is regarded as one of the very best mystery writers. In his obituary in The New York Times, he was described as "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction." Time included Hammett's 1929 n
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description: American writer (1894–1961)
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date created: 2002-11-07T12:29:50Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T10:08:34Z
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